Paul Rainey
@paulbrainey.bsky.social
Evolutionary geneticist working with microbes. Absorbed by Major Evolutionary Transitions. Fighting the decline to grumpiness. MPI for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany & ESPCI, Paris, France.
A week of special delights: Aysha Chowdhury admirably presents and defends her thesis at ESPCI in Paris followed by Paulien Hogeweg and her inaugural address as newly elected member of EMBO in Heidelberg. Very happy to have shared both occasions. Congratulations on fine achievements 🎉
October 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
A week of special delights: Aysha Chowdhury admirably presents and defends her thesis at ESPCI in Paris followed by Paulien Hogeweg and her inaugural address as newly elected member of EMBO in Heidelberg. Very happy to have shared both occasions. Congratulations on fine achievements 🎉
Next season’s harvest - already on a roll
September 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Next season’s harvest - already on a roll
Summer’s delight
September 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Summer’s delight
In a just published OpEd, with @mkhochb.bsky.social, we draw upon Major Evolutionary Transitions thinking to outline future scenarios in which humans and AI might come to form new kinds of evolutionary units: humans as subsystems within an AI-coordinated whole.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
September 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
In a just published OpEd, with @mkhochb.bsky.social, we draw upon Major Evolutionary Transitions thinking to outline future scenarios in which humans and AI might come to form new kinds of evolutionary units: humans as subsystems within an AI-coordinated whole.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Why constrain this magnificent diversity to the whims of plant breeders. Equal rights for helliborus (and bryophytes).
April 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Why constrain this magnificent diversity to the whims of plant breeders. Equal rights for helliborus (and bryophytes).
Returning from 22nd Winter School in Mol Bio & Genetics in Istanbul. Organised each year by an exceptional team of knowledge-hungry undergrads. Everything 💯. Will def return to stunning Istanbul. Extra special thanks to Irmak & Iman (in pic) who ensured everything was perfect 🥹.
March 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Returning from 22nd Winter School in Mol Bio & Genetics in Istanbul. Organised each year by an exceptional team of knowledge-hungry undergrads. Everything 💯. Will def return to stunning Istanbul. Extra special thanks to Irmak & Iman (in pic) who ensured everything was perfect 🥹.